Cassatelle – traditional Sicilian dessert from Trapani. Usually it is filled with sweet ricotta.
Due to the Arabic influence people also make them with homemade hummus. Together with: sugar, cinnamon, candied zucchini, coffee and chocolate. The dough is made of marsala and orange peel.
Similar recipes have been present for more than 1000 years.
This is how my mum would make them! 